I started with a 920 a couple of years ago, and last summer moved to a 930 for slightly higher overclocking that required less voltage. Both CPU's have done an admirable job at fueling my Surround setup so there's plenty of life left for sure.

It will be saddening, though, that I am selling my setup soon, but whoever it goes to should enjoy the plentiful amount of power that it still packs.

I just purchased an i7-930 and Asus Rampage Gene 3 for myself as an upgrade from a q6600 @ 3ghz.

Wow the differance is amazing, using the guide on here i had it running at 4ghz in minutes and paired with my new ssd the thing flies.
I get to play with 2600k's and the newer stuff at work and this feels equally as fast, if not a tiny bit quicker but the machines @ work aren;t oc'd.

Games wise ive noticed i can now run loads of stuff at higher settings from my q6600 and i've yet to upgrade my gpu from a gtx260.

So basically i'm saying go for it! I was on a budget too and decided to go against buying the latest i5 series all coming out. I wondered if i'd regret it but i dont.

And I gotta say it feels pretty special being part of the 4ghz club. I know its not super elite anymore but i could get my q6600 nowhere near 4ghz.